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(b.) From Balik Papan.-Nine (9) assisted coolies rejected by the medical officer were repatriated from Balik Papan as compared with nine hundred and thirteen (913) in 1922. All were sent home at the expense of the Holland China Trading Company, by whom they had been recruited.
15. Redemption of Assisted Emigrants.-Ten (10) applications of this nature were received as compared with eleven (11) in 1922.
(a.) Banca. Four (4) applications were received, and all the men were repatriated and handed back to their relatives.
(b.) Singapore.-Three (3) applications were received and forwarded to the Protector of Chinese, Singapore, and all the men were repatriated and handed back to their relatives.
(c.) Deli, Sumatra.-Three (3) applications were received, and all the men were repatriated and handed over to their relatives. Redemption from Deli was managed through the Agent for the Deli Planters Association in Hongkong, who has so far borne all the expenses.
16. Seven (7) passage broker's licences at $200 each were issued under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No.30 of 1915.
17. A classification of assisted emigrants according to language spoken is given in Table V.
THE BOARDING HOUSE ORDINANCE.
No.23 of 1917.
18. Under this Ordinance Chinese Boarding Houses are divided into seven classes for the purpose of licensing and regulation.
19. Class I, Chinese Hotels.-These are run very much on the lines of European Hotels, and are licensed for the sale of alcohol. There are only three houses of this class in the Colony, the Great Eastern, the Oriental and the Stag.
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20. Class II, First Class Hak U.-These are large boarding houses, which cater principally for independent emigration and interport passenger business. During the year two (2) new boarding houses of this class were opened. At the end of the year the houses numbered twenty-three (23) all of which had renewed their licences. The lawful accommodation provided by these twenty-three (23) houses is three thousand three hundred and ninety-eight (3,398) persons as compared with three thousand two hundred and twenty-three (3,223) for twenty-one (21) houses in 1922.